Research

At the Life Span Institute, our mission — to discover knowledge about human health and development — can only be achieved by problem-driven collaborations across many disciplines. The Life Span Institute stands at such a convergence. We bring together scientists who are affiliated with several academic departments and disciplines to collaboratively take on problems in human development and health.

Our research strengths include:

Neurobiology: autism spectrum disorder, computer-brain interface
Language, communication disorders and cognition: communication, genetics and language, hearing, language acquisition, specific language disorders
Risk, intervention, prevention and behavior: youth violence, childhood obesity, behavior, teen pregnancy, pregnancy
Intellectual disabilities research and policy: self-determination, intellectual disability
Disability and health policy: assistive technology, health policy, independent living
Community health and community development: public health, community development, chronic disease
Learning and teaching: school-wide interventions, teacher training, special education
Addiction: addiction, behavior, tobacco, alcohol

The Life Span Institute is externally sustained through grants and contracts, the state of Kansas, federal programs, and some private philanthropic support. The primary federal agencies supporting our research are Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the National Science Foundation and the Department of Defense. In fiscal year 2019, research projects were awarded $30.7 million, the second-highest total in its history.

Project Dates	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Center	Funder
10/01/2019 - 09/30/2024	Supporting High-Needs Elementary Students with the CW-FIT Program: Building for Scale and Sustainability	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
09/30/2019 - 09/29/2024	The Online and Applied System for Intervention Skills (OASIS) – Scaling-up!	Buzhardt, Jay	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
08/01/2019 - 07/31/2024	Evaluating the Efficacy of a Daily Check-in/Check-out Intervention for Students At Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2022	Collaborative Research: CSL-MultiAD: Assessing Collaborative STEM Learning through Rich Information Flow based on Multi-Sensor Audio Diarization	Irvin, Dwight	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
09/01/2015 - 08/31/2021	Educare KC Follow Up Study	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
06/15/2019 - 06/14/2020	Piloting Behavior Change Strategies for Scalable Walk to School Interventions	Cushing, Christopher
09/20/2019 - 05/31/2021	Using PCORnet to Expand the DS-CONNECT Cohort Through Healthcare System Recruitment, Incorporating Electronic Health Records, and Assessing Self-Determination	Colombo, John	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
10/01/2019 - 09/30/2024	CORGI-US: Building Knowledge and Skills in 21st Century Schools	Bulgren, Janis	The Center for Research on Learning
12/01/2019 - 11/30/2022	Examining Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Extreme Eating Behaviors in Young Children with ASD	Wallisch, Anna	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
04/15/2019 - 03/31/2022	Prevalence and Profile of Treatment Non-responders in Autism Early Intervention	Boyd, Brian	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
09/30/2019 - 09/29/2020	Kansas Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program	Bigelow, Kathryn	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
01/01/2016 - 12/31/2020	University of Kansas Project to Develop Responsive, Innovative, and Visionary Educators (KU-DRIVE), Type A	Basham, James	The Center for Research on Learning
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2023	Effects of Implicit Bias on Children's Early Outcomes (Fairness for All in Childhood Education - FACE)	Boyd, Brian	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	US Department of Education
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2023	Professional Development to Support Intervention Implementation of the Promoting Communication Tools for Advancing Language in Kids (PC TALK) for Infants and Toddlers at Risk for or with Disabilities	Bigelow, Kathryn	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	US Department of Education
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	AspirePlus: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership to Promote Self-Determination and More Positive Student Outcomes	Wehmeyer, Michael		US Department of Education
09/01/2019 - 08/31/2022	Development of a Military-Specific Transdiagnostic Eating-Disorder Survey and Screening Tool in a Nationally Representative Sample of Veterans	Forbush, Kelsie		Department of Defense
04/26/2019 - 09/30/2019	Ensuring Mental Health Needs are Met for All Students Through a Multi-Tiered System of Support	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	Oklahoma State Department of Education
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	Possible Selves and Self-Determination: Improving Transition Outcomes for High School Students with Learning Disabilities	Hock, Michael		U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	Project DataWall: A Decision Support System for MTSS	Sailor, Wayne	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2019	Project Eagle: Early Head Start	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
05/04/2019 - 05/03/2020	Sensorimotor and physiological markers of Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxi syndrome (FXTAS)	Mosconi, Matthew
08/17/2018 - 04/30/2020	Development of Smoking Cessation Interventions Informed by Temporal Discounting	Yi, Richard	Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment	National Institutes of Health
03/01/2019 - 02/28/2021	Act Early Ambassadors: State or Territorial Liaisons to CDCs, Learn the Signs. Act Early. Program	Kemp, Peggy		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
11/01/2018 - 10/31/2019	Evaluating Person-Centered Factors Associated with Brain- Computer Interface access to a Commercial Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device	Brumberg, Jonathan		Texas Woman's University
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	Enhancing Ci3T: Building Professional Capacity for High Fidelity Implementation to Support Students' Educational Outcomes (Project ENHANCE)	Lane, Kathleen		U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	Project SCREEN: Validation of a Free-Access Screening Tool for K-12 Educators to Screen Students with Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Patterns	Lane, Kathleen		U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	Accessible Addiction Services for All Douglas County	Liese, Bruce		Douglas County Community Foundation
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2021	Accelerating Higher Order Thinking and STEM Content Learning Among Students with Disabilities	Bulgren, Janis		National Science Foundation
01/01/2019 - 12/31/2019	Emotion Regulation in Preschool-Aged Children	Jackson, Yolanda		Psi Chi the International Honor Society in Psychology
09/13/2018 - 06/30/2019	The Safety and Efficacy of Megesterol as Part of an Outpatient Feeding Protocol for Children with Chronic Medical Conditions	Fleming, Kandace		National Institutes of Health
01/01/2019 - 01/01/2020	Application of a photography-based smartphone app to measuring food reward processes in real-time	Fazzino, Tera	Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment
07/01/2018 - 07/31/2020	Start Young/Communities Aligned in Early Development and Education (CAEDE)	Carta, Judith	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	The Family Conservancy
02/15/2019 - 01/31/2020	Sporadic Alzheimer's Disease: A Bioenergetic Etiology	Zhao, Liqin		National Institutes of Health
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2019	University of Vermont Center on Tobacco Regulatory Science	Reed, Derek		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
10/01/2018 - 09/30/2023	Equity Leadership in High Need Schools: Building High Quality Effective Instructional Leaders to Improve Student Outcomes	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	U.S. Department of Education (ED), Office of Innovation and Improvement
09/01/2018 - 05/31/2019	Remediation of Elevated Delay Discounting in Mid-Life Individuals: A Stage-II Trial	Yi, Richard		National Institutes of Health
09/30/2018 - 09/29/2019	Research and Training Center on Disability in Rural Communities	Hall, Jean	Center for Community Health and Development	U.S Department of Health and Human Services
09/30/2018 - 09/29/2019	Implementation and Substainability of Positive Behavior-Support in Real Early Care(InSPIRE)	Horn, Eva		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
08/15/2018 - 08/14/2021	Para-Impact: Professional Development with Teacher-as-Coach for Paraeducators of Elementary Students with Moderate-to-Severe Developmental Disabilities	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Education
09/20/2018 - 08/31/2019	ReACT an Adaptive Mobile Health Intervention for Adolescent Asthma	Cushing, Christopher		National Institutes of Health
11/01/2018 - 10/31/2019	Virtual reality Opportunities to Integrate Social Skills (VOISS)	Smith, Sean		U.S. Department of Education
09/01/2018 - 08/31/2019	Promoting Teacher Use of the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's Version to Engage in Supports Planning to Enhance Access to the General Education Curriculum for Children with Intellectual Disability	Thompson, James		U.S. Department of Education
06/30/2018 - 06/29/2019	Orange County ACCESS Principal Coaching	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	Orange County Department of Education
06/30/2018 - 06/29/2019	ACCESS Executive Leadership	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	Orange County Department of Education
08/31/2018 - 08/30/2019	KDHE-Monitoring and Evaluating Implementation of the Title V Maternal and Child Health State Action Plan	Collie-Akers, Vicki		Kansas Department of Health and Environment
06/14/2018 - 06/13/2019	Pilot Project: Development of the microSMBG Platform for Adolescents with T2D	Cushing, Christopher		University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
12/31/2018 - 12/30/2023	KU LEAP: Preparing Leaders to Create Ambitious Educational Programs for Students with Severe Disabilities: Beyond De Minimis	Shogren, Karrie	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
12/31/2018 - 12/30/2019	Preparing Leaders to Advocate for Inclusion in Early Childhood Education	Cheatham, Gregory		U.S. Department of Education
07/31/2018 - 07/30/2019	Preparing Community Health Ambassadors as Change Agents in Creating Healthier Settings in Wyandotte County, Kansas	Schultz, Jerry	Center for Community Health and Development	The Health Care Foundation of Greater Kansas City
02/01/2018 - 11/30/2020	Behavioral Inflexibility in IDD Outcome Measurement	Boyd, Brian		National Institutes of Health
03/31/2018 - 11/29/2018	ODE Needs Assessment, Team, Edit, Revise, Publish ODE Comprehensive Needs Assessment	McCart, Amy		U.S. Department of Education
03/18/2018 - 02/27/2019	Sexual Violence Primary Prevention Community-Needs Assessment Project	Schultz, Jerry		Kansas Department of Health and Environment
05/02/2018 - 06/30/2020	Promoting ASAP Collaboration through Technology (PACT): An Intervention Modification to Enhance Home-School Collaboration	Boyd, Brian		U.S. Department of Education
07/31/2018 - 07/30/2020	Collaborative Research: Comparing Single - vs. Double-Blind Review of Scientific Abstracts for Accuracy and Bias	Pleskac, Tim		National Science Foundation
08/31/2018 - 03/31/2020	IDEC Parent Consortium-Utah	Hock, Michael		Utah State Office of Education
06/21/2018 - 09/29/2020	Kansas Striving Readers Comprehensive Literacy Initiative	Hock, Michael		Kansas State Department of Education
07/25/2018 - 05/30/2023	Individual and family-based approaches to increase physical activity in adolescents with IDD	Donnelly, Joseph		National Institutes of Health
08/31/2018 - 08/30/2019	Updating and Expanding the SIS-A	Thompson, James	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
07/15/2018 - 06/29/2023	A Virtual Vocal Tract for Speech Output Using Non-Invasive Brain-Computer Interface	Brumberg, Jonathan		National Institute of Health
08/31/2018 - 08/30/2019	Using the Supports Intensity Scale-Children's Version to Engage in Supports Planning to Enhance Access to the General Education Curriculum for Children with Intellectual Disability	Thompson, James	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2018 - 06/30/2022	Post Doctoral Research Training Program in Special Education: Evidence Based Practice in Early Intervention and Early Learning	Carta, Judith	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Education
06/30/2018 - 06/29/2019	Promoting Self Determination for Students with Disabilities: A Goal Setting Challenge App	Shogren, Karrie	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
06/30/2018 - 05/30/2019	ApoE, Energy, and Synaptic V-ATPase	Zhao, Liqin		National Institutes of Health
06/30/2018 - 06/29/2019	Factors Contributing to Academic, Social/Communication, and Behavioral Outcomes for Elementary Students with the Most Significant Cognitive Disabilities	Kurth, Jennifer	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
05/31/2018 - 11/29/2021	Examining Native Language Variability and its Effects on Second Language Processing: An Event-Related Potentials Investigation of Referential Dependencies	Gabriele, Alison	Child Language Doctoral Program	National Science Foundation
04/01/2018 - 03/31/2019	Childhood Adversity and Systemic Inflammation in Preschool-Aged Children: The Role of Family Cohesion	Jackson, Yolanda		American Psychological Foundation
01/03/2018 - 06/30/2019	Kansas University Affiliated Program	Burbank, Joshuaa		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
01/03/2018 - 02/28/2019	Addressing Health and Educational Inequities in Tribal Communities Through Targeted Recruitment of American Indian and Alaska Native Early College Students: A Pilot Project	Burbank, Joshuaa		University of Kansas Medical Center Research Center
08/01/2017 - 10/29/2019	Using MTSS for Intervention Decision Making to Improve Child Language Outcome	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	American Institutes for Research
01/01/2015 - 12/31/2019	KU ACCESS: Leadership in Access, College, Career, and Extensive and Significant Supports for Secondary Students with Severe Disabilities	Shogren, Karrie	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities
12/12/2017 - 02/28/2019	VT Inclusive Education Professional Learning	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	U.S. Department of Education
01/01/2018 - 03/30/2020	Development and Validation of an Adaptive Mobile Phone App to Identify Clients at Risk for Treatment Failure	Forbush, Kelsie		National Eating Disorders Association
09/01/2017 - 09/28/2021	The effect of built and social environments on childhood obesity and racial/ethnic disparities in the national Healthy Communities Study	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	National Institutes of Health
10/01/2017 - 09/30/2019	Oregon State Personnel Development Grant	Mitchiner, Melinda	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	Oregon Department of Education
09/25/2017 - 09/29/2018	Orange County Department of Education (OCDE) California Access (CA ACCESS)	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	California Department of Education
09/06/2017 - 08/31/2019	momHealth: Mobile Multiple Health Behavior Change in Teen Pregnancy & Parenting	Swinburne Romine, Rebecca		University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
07/01/2017 - 06/29/2019	Building Capacity for Developing, Implementing, and Evaluation the Family Health and Wellness Coalition's Community Health Improvement Plan for Social, Environmental, and Behavioral Change	Schultz, Jerry	Center for Community Health and Development	University of Nebraska at Kearney
09/30/2017 - 09/29/2019	Reducing Expulsion and Suspension by Coaching Early Educators (RESCUEE)	Horn, Eva		U.S. Department of Health
10/01/2017 - 09/30/2022	Stepping Up Technology Enabled Self-Monitoring For High School Students with Disabilities	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	US. Department of Education
07/01/2017 - 06/29/2019	Equipment Exchange: Increasing Access to Durable Medical Equipment	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Department of Health and Environment
07/15/2017 - 06/30/2021	Preventing Youth Violence by Addressing Social Determinants Through the KC Youth Violence Prevention Project	Watson-Thompson, Jomella	Center for Community Health and Development	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
03/11/2014 - 03/31/2019	Dual Party Relay Service (DPRS)	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Corporation Commission
07/01/2017 - 09/28/2018	Wyandotte County Community Health Improvement Plan	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	Wyandotte Health Foundation
07/03/2017 - 06/29/2021	Evaluation of the Healthy Schools Healthy Communities Initiative	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	Missouri Foundation for Health
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2021	The Effects of Promoting Engaging Early Literacy Interactions in Preschool Environments: Literacy 3D	Greenwood, Charles	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
07/17/2017 - 05/31/2022	Motor abnormalities and functional brain mechanisms in the autism spectrum disorder	Mosconi, Matthew	The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
08/08/2017 - 08/31/2019	Educare to School: Documenting School Readiness and Sustaining Results through Collaboration - Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Educare KC and Kansas City, KS Public School District	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	Buffett Early Childhood Fund
07/01/2016 - 04/30/2019	Digital Scholarship: Skinner and Watson	Morris, Edward		Society for the Experimental Analysis of Behavior
08/01/2017 - 07/31/2021	Strengthening Outcomes for All Learners in Inclusive Settings (SOARS)	Kurth, Jennifer	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
08/01/2017 - 07/31/2021	Preparation of Special Education, Early Intervention, and Related Services Leadership Personnel	Lane, Kathleen	Beach Center on Disability	U.S. Department of Education
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2019	SIS Annual Review Protocol and ASD Validation	Thompson, James	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
06/04/2017 - 06/03/2019	Biological Indicators of Trauma in Foster Youth: The Role of Social Support	Jackson, Yolanda		National Institutes of Health
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2020	Professional Development to Support Teachers' Implementation of a Tiered Model for Promoting Social Development of Infants and Toddlers	Bigelow, Kathryn	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
03/05/2017 - 02/28/2019	Teen Career Pathway: Small Business Innovation Research, Phase II	Basham, James	The Center for Research on Learning	National Science Foundation
09/01/2017 - 08/31/2021	MTSS and Self-Determination: Examining the Impact of Tier 1 Supports to Promote Self-Determination and Academic Outcomes for All Students	Shogren, Karrie	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
06/01/2017 - 09/30/2018	Kansans Can Excel in Math and Science	Craig-Hare, Jana	The Center for Research on Learning	KS Department of Education
04/14/2017 - 01/31/2020	Synthesis of Carbamathione, a Potential Anti-Alcohol Agent	Faiman, Morris		Tonix Pharmaceuticals
04/13/2017 - 04/11/2019	Motor physiology on patients with Phelan-McDermid Syndrome and healthy controls	Wang, Zheng	The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training	Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc.
03/01/2017 - 03/31/2021	Prenatal DHA and Neurofunctional Development (PANDA)	Colombo, John	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
03/01/2017 - 11/30/2018	North Mississippi Education Consortium - Early Childhood	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	W.K. Kellog Foundation
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2021	Validity Studies of the Classroom Code for Interactive Recording of Children's Learning Environments (CIRCLE) (Version 2.0)	Greenwood, Charles	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2021	Development of a Data-based Decision Making System to Support Educators' Promotion of Infants and Toddlers' Cognitive Problem-Solving Skills	Buzhardt, Jay	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
05/01/2017 - 03/31/2019	Clusterin (APOJ) in brain mitochondria	Zhao, Liqin		University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
08/01/2017 - 10/29/2018	Early Child Maltreatment and Treatment Outcomes	Jackson, Yolanda		Child Advocacy Services Center, Inc.
01/01/2016 - 06/29/2019	Statewide Infant-Toddler Specialist Network: KCCTO-KITS Collaboration	Lindeman, David	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	KS Dept for Children and Families
07/01/2019 - 06/30/2020	Project EAGLE Early Head Start Expansion Educare Evaluation	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	Univ of KS Med Ctr Research Institute
08/01/2016 - 07/31/2019	Pediatric HIV/Aids Cohort Study (PHACS)	Rice, Mabel		National Institutes of Health
07/01/2016 - 06/29/2019	Missouri Post-Secondary Success Project	Noonan, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	US Dept of Education
09/30/2015 - 09/30/2020	Community Living and Supported Decision-Making	Wehmeyer, Michael	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
06/01/2014 - 05/30/2019	Cognitive and Emotional Processes of Metaphorical Cancer Communications	Landau, Mark		National Institutes of Health
01/01/2017 - 12/31/2021	Center for Postsecondary Outcomes for Deaf Individuals	Shogren, Karrie	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
06/01/2016 - 05/31/2021	Weight Management in Rural Health Clinics	Donnelly, Joseph		U.S. National Institutes of Health
09/30/2016 - 09/29/2021	Rehabilitation and Research and Training Center on Promoting Interventions for Community Living	Hall, Jean	Center for Community Health and Development	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
10/01/2016 - 05/31/2019	Evidence-Based Interventions in Juvenile Detention Facilities: The Role of Perceptions of Staff	Fite, Paula		U.S. Department of Justice
03/06/2015 - 02/28/2020	Weight Management for Adolescents with IDD	Donnelly, Joseph	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. National Institutes of Health
07/01/2017 - 12/30/2018	Developing, Aligning, and Improving Systems of Academic and Behavioral Supports: Scaling Up Multi-Tiered System of Supports Statewide Application	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	California Department of Education
01/13/2015 - 10/30/2018	Redesigning Secondary Courses to Improve Academic Outcomes Related to Higher Standards for Students with Disabilities and Other Underperforming Students	Bulgren, Janis	The Center for Research on Learning	SRI International
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2021	Kansas Program to Improve the Health of People with Mobility Limitations and Intellectual Disabilities	Hall, Jean	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2020	AZ College & Career Competency (CCC) Team Training	Noonan, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	Arizona State Department of Education
04/01/2016 - 03/31/2019	APBS Support Web Development/Maintenance	Kurth, Jennifer	Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	Association for Positive Behavior Support
03/01/2016 - 05/31/2023	Interactive book reading to accelerate word learning by children with SLI	Storkel, Holly	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
04/01/2015 - 03/31/2019	Johnson County Juvenile Corrections OWPBS Project	Kurth, Jennifer, Kurth, Jennifer	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	Johnson County Corrections
04/01/2015 - 03/31/2019	Johnson County Juvenile Corrections OWPBS Project	Enyart, Matt, Enyart, Matt	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	Johnson County Corrections
07/01/2017 - 06/30/2022	Kansas Deaf Blind Equipment Distribution--Assistive Technology for Kansans	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Federal Communications Commission
07/01/1998 - 06/30/2019	Kansas Inservice Training Program (KITS) - Infant and Toddler Expansion	Lindeman, David	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Department of Health and Environment
09/22/2016 - 05/31/2021	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center (KIDDRC)	Colombo, John	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
06/24/2013 - 09/30/2022	Kansas SPDG Evaluation	Erickson, Amy	The Center for Research on Learning	Kansas State Department of Education
10/01/2005 - 09/29/2019	Kansas State Plan for Assistive Technology	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
03/11/2014 - 03/31/2019	Kansas Telecommunications Access Program and TRS Program Management	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Corporation Commission
07/01/1969 - 06/30/2022	Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities (KUCDD)	Shogren, Karrie	Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
10/01/2015 - 09/30/2020	KU Transition to Postsecondary Education for Youth with Intellectual Disabilities	Morningstar, Mary	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
06/29/2015 - 06/30/2020	Mead Johnson Postnatal Supplementation Project: University of Cork	Colombo, John	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	Mead Johnson & Company
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2020	Measuring Early Communication Development in Children with ASD	Brady, Nancy	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2020	Middle School Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams (MS CW-FIT): Improving Academic Engagement and Outcomes for Middle School Students	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Education
02/03/2015 - 01/31/2020	Morphosyntactic Abilities of SLI Probands	Rice, Mabel	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
01/01/2015 - 03/31/2020	National Technical Assistance Center on Increasing Graduation and Improving Transition to Postsecondary Education and Careers for Students with Disabilities	Morningstar, Mary	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
10/01/2014 - 12/31/2018	OSEP Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports	Lane, Kathleen	Beach Center on Disability	U.S. Department of Education
08/01/2015 - 07/31/2019	Pathophysiology and Treatment of Pediatric Functional Abdominal Pain	Cushing, Christopher		Children's Mercy Hospitals & Clinics
10/01/2013 - 09/30/2020	I-CONNECT PLUS: Enhancing Community Participation for Adolescents and Adults with ASD Using Online Instruction, Coaching, and Accessible Self-Management Technologies	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
09/01/2014 - 08/31/2019	Supported Decision-Making Technical Assistance and Resource Center	Wehmeyer, Michael	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
07/01/2016 - 06/30/2019	Promoting Positive Transition Outcomes for Secondary Students with Intellectual Disability: A Research Institution-SEA Partnership in Rhode Island	Shogren, Karrie	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	U.S. Department of Education
07/01/2015 - 06/29/2019	Psychosocial stress as a vulnerability factor for problem gambling	Jarmolowicz, David		U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
07/01/2015 - 06/30/2020	Scaling-Up KSDE TASN Evaluation	Erickson, Amy	The Center for Research on Learning	Kansas State Department of Education
07/01/1991 - 06/29/2019	Southeast Kansas Respite Care Services (SEKRS)	Lindeman, David	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Department on Aging and Disability Services
07/01/2014 - 10/31/2019	The Acquisition of Northern Pame	Pye, Clifton		National Science Foundation
10/01/2015 - 12/28/2020	The Collaborative on Health Reform and Independent Living	Hall, Jean		U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
04/01/2016 - 01/31/2021	The Effects of Parenting on the Development and Behavior of FXS Adolescents	Warren, Steven		National Institutes of Health
01/01/2014 - 12/31/2019	Culturally-Responsive Early Literacy Intervention (CRELI): American Indian/Alaskan Native	Gillispie, W.		U.S. Department of Education
07/01/1998 - 06/29/2019	Cooperative project on dual diagnosis of persons with disabilities	Lindeman, David	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Southeast Kansas Respite Services
01/01/2016 - 10/17/2018	Connecting Travelers to Reduce Energy Use in Transportation	Reed, Derek		U.S. Department of Energy
07/01/2015 - 12/30/2018	The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training - Phase II	Kamps, Debra	The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training	University of Kansas
04/03/2007 - 06/30/2019	Tiny K - Infant Toddler Assistive Technology Services	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Deaprtment of Health and Environment
07/01/2015 - 06/29/2019	Training Researchers in Language Impairments	Rice, Mabel	Child Language Doctoral Program	National Institutes of Health
04/01/2016 - 01/31/2019	Trauma exposure, emotion regulation and cognitive skills in early childhood: Prospective and longitudinal examination of the mechanisms of adjustment	Jackson, Yolanda		National Institutes of Health
09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021	Bridging the Word Gap Research Network	Carta, Judith	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
07/01/2015 - 06/29/2019	Behavioral Health Data Collection, Analysis, and Evaluation	Watson-Thompson, Jomella	Center for Community Health and Development	Kansas Department for Aging and Disability Service
07/01/2016 - 06/29/2019	Assisting Medicaid Beneficiaries in Accessing Assistive Technology (ATK)	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Department of Health and Environment
07/01/2015 - 06/30/2020	Validation of Cognitive Problem-Solving and Movement Infant-Toddler IGDIs for Screening and General Outcome Progress Monitoring	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education
08/01/2016 - 07/31/2021	ALL-Together In Early Education (ALL-TiEE): Early Childhood Unified Masters Project	Horn, Eva		U.S. Department of Education
03/01/2016 - 02/28/2020	Adapting the Diabetes Prevention Program for a Developing World Context	Fleming, Kandace	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
07/01/2009 - 06/30/2019	Active Treatment Training Program	Lindeman, David	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	Kansas Neurological Institute
09/01/2014 - 08/31/2020	Making it Happen: Stepping Up Implementation of IGDI Technology to Improve Data-based Decision Making for Infants	Buzhardt, Jay	Juniper Gardens Children's Project, Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	U.S. Department of Education

Project Title	Principal Investigator	Center	Funder
Building Communities for Better Health Community Change Training	Collie-Akers, Vicki		Center for Disease Control and Prevention
The Kansas Quality of Life (QOL) Project	Enyart, Matt		Interhab, Inc.
Conducting a Sexual Violence Indicator Selection Readiness Assessment in Kansas	Schultz, Jerry		Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Clinical and Genomic Characterization of the 15q11.2 BP1 BP2 Microdeletion Syndrome	Mosconi, Matthew		University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute
Intensive Cardiorespiratory Exercise (ICE) to Remediate Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Active Duty Service Members			Department of Defense
Contract for Supports for Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs	Burbank, Joshuaa		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Oklahoma Statewide Virtual Charter School Board Professional Development Proposal: IDEA Module Development	Mellard, Daryl	The Center for Research on Learning	Okla State Virtual Charter School Board
Multimodal Approach to Word Learning in Children with Autism - Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center Project 1	Brady, Nancy	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institute of Health
Joint Attention Mediated Learning Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Families	Baggett, Kathleen, Baggett, Kathleen		US Department of Education
Joint Attention Mediated Learning Intervention for Toddlers with Autism Spectrum Disorders and their Families	Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy, Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy		US Department of Education
Programmatic and Policy Proposal of Utah Virtual Schools and Students with Disabilities	Mellard, Daryl	The Center for Research on Learning	KS Department of Health & Environment
Identifying and Understanding Benchmarks of Success among Community Health Systems Improvement Initiatives	Francisco, Vincent	Center for Community Health and Development	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Supporting Employment through Self-Determination for Young Adults with ASD: A Feasibility Study	Dean, Evan	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	American Occupational Therapy Association
Monitoring and Evaluating Implementation of the Title V Maternal and Child Health State Action Plan	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	Kansas Department of Health and Enviroment
Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental and Other Related Disabilities (LEND)	Mosconi, Matthew		University of KS Medical Center Research Institute
Rural Disparities in Pediatric Obesity: The iAmHealthy Intervention	Fleming, Kandace	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	Univ of KS Med Ctr Research Institute
Online and Applied Systems for Intervention Skills (OASIS) Parent Training Program	Buzhardt, Jay	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	University of KS Medical Center Research Institute
Evaluation of High-Risk Pools as an ACA Replacement Strategy	Hall, Jean		The Commonwealth Fund
The influence of coping strategies and emotion dysregulation on the trajectories of peer victimization during middle childhood: A moderated latent growth curve analysis	Fite, Paula		American Psychological Foundation
Diet quality, parental perceptions, and weight gain among adolescents with an intellectual/developmental disability	Forbush, Kelsie		U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
The Evidence Games: Collaborative Games Engaging Middle School Students in the Evaluation of Scientific Evidence	Bulgren, Janis		National Science Foundation
State benchmarking, healthcare outcomes, and implications for people with disabilities.	Hall, Jean		Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Kansas Medicaid: Evaluating Program Satisfaction, Access to Care, and Unmet Needs of Adults with Serious Mental Illness	Hall, Jean		The Health Care Foundation of Greater KC
Evaluation of Learning Forward, Future Ready Middle School Initiative	Craig-Hare, Jana	The Center for Research on Learning	USD 497, Lawrence
Evaluating the Outcomes of Kansas Project SEARCH Participants	Gross, Judith	Beach Center on Disability	Kansas Health Foundation
Dynamic Assessment of Phonemic Awareness and the Alphabetic Principle	Saunders, Kathryn	The Life Span Institute at Parsons
Community Health Assessment for Wyandotte County	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development
Autism Training Program	Kamps, Debra	The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training	Kansas Department for Children and Families
Assessing Dietary and Behavioral Predictors of Weight Gain and Obesity using Computerized Adaptive Testing: Development of the E-Health Collaborative Consortium	Forbush, Kelsie
Age(ing) As Future - Future-related activities regarding age and aging in cross-cultural perspective	Ekerdt, David		VolkswagenStiftung
Act Early Ambassadors	Kemp, Peggy	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Excellence in Youth Violence Prevention (YVPC) Mobility Assignment	Smokowski, Paul		Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Early Childhood Landscape Analysis	Greenwood, Charles	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	The Family Conservancy
TALK Around Town: A Mobile Application to Help Parents Bridge the Word Gap in Community Settings	Bigelow, Kathryn	Juniper Gardens Children's Project
Development of a Treatment Decision Model in MS	Jarmolowicz, David		National Multiple Sclerosis Society
Virginia's State Personnel Development Grant Proposal	Graner, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	U.S. Department of Education
Topic 5; Goal 5; Assessing Self-Determination in the Era of Evidence-Based Practices: The Development and Validation of Student and Adult Measures of Self-Determination	Wehmeyer, Michael	Beach Center on Disability, Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	Institute of Education Sciences
Aerobic Exercise,Alzheimer's Pathophysiology in Preclinical AD	Johnson, David		National Institutes of Health
Educare Schools as a Platform for Bridging the Word Gap	Walker, Dale	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	Buffett Early Childhood Fund
Making Words Disappear or Appear: A Neurocognitive and Behavioral Investigation of Effects of Speech Rate on Spoken Word Recognition	Viswanathan, Navin		National Science Foundation
In-Depth Examination of Diverse Schools with Declining BMIs	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Investigating Output Modality for a Brain-Computer Interface for Communication	Brumberg, Jonathan		National Institutes of Health
Kansas MIECHV Program	Bigelow, Kathryn	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	Kansas Department of Health and Environment
Low GI Intake and Toddler Cognitive Performance: A Clinical Study Proposal	Colombo, John		Mead Johnson & Company
Improving Paraprofessionals Instructional and Behavioral Support In Urban Elementary School Settings: A Research Practitioner Partnership	Kamps, Debra	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Education
Implementing Comprehensive, Integrated, Three-tiered Models to Meet Students' Academic, Behavior, and Social Needs: A Researcher-Practitioner Partnership	Lane, Kathleen	Beach Center on Disability	U.S. Department of Education
NC CLC Project-Swain County Schools	Graner, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
NC CLC Project-Johnston County Schools	Graner, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
NC CLC Project-Cabarrus County Schools	Graner, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
National Technical Assistance Center on Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports IV	McCart, Amy	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	U.S. Department of Education
Novato Blue Ribbon Coalition for Youth Coalition Evaluation Plan	Schultz, Jerry	Center for Community Health and Development	Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Identifying and Understanding Benchmarks of Success among Community Health Systems Improvement Initiatives	Francisco, Vincent	Center for Community Health and Development	Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Peer-Mediated AAC Intervention for Children with Autism: Effects on Communication	Thiemann-Bourque, Kathy	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	National Institutes of Health
Post-Doctoral Research Training Program in Special Education: Response to Intervention (RTI) in Early Childhood	Greenwood, Charles	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	Department of Education
Health for All: Healthy Places that Promote Health Equity among Latinos in Kansas City, KS	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Examining how exposure to metaphorical framing influences attitudes toward sociopolitical issues	Landau, Mark	Kansas University Center on Developmental Disabilities	National Science Foundation
Evaluation of the BMS Foundation's Together on Diabetes Program	Schultz, Jerry	Center for Community Health and Development	Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation
Evaluating control of commercial AAC devices via brain-computer interface by individuals with neuromotor deficits	Brumberg, Jonathan	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Project ASPIRE: Achieving Success in Promoting Readiness for Education and Employment	Hall, Jean		U.S. Department of Education
Project Engage: Building Parents' Capacity to Improve Child Language Outcomes	Bigelow, Kathryn	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Prosody in Congenital and Acquired Dysarthria	Brumberg, Jonathan		National Institutes of Health
Provide Professional Development and Associated Resources for the Strategic Instruction Model and Content Literacy Continuum	Graner, Patricia	The Center for Research on Learning	U.S. Department of Education
Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Community Living	White, Glen	Center for Community Health and Development	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
Role of 5-alpha reductase 2 and androgens in Tourette Syndrome	Bortolato, Marco		National Tourette Syndrome Association
Resilience in Adults with Physical Disabilities Who Are Living in Rural Communities	Summers, Jean	Center for Community Health and Development	U.S. Department of Education
Secondary/Transition Communities of Practice	Morningstar, Mary	Beach Center on Disability	Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education
Enhancing Teaching and Learning with Social Media: Supporting Teacher Professional Learning and Student Scientific Argumentation	Ellis, James	The Center for Research on Learning	National Science Foundation
Elucidating the Role of Neuroactive Steroids in Tourette Syndrome	Bortolato, Marco		National Institutes of Health
Shawnee County Juvenile Corrections OW-PBS Project	Kurth, Jennifer	Beach Center on Disability	Shawnee County Department of Corrections
Education Training with Fire Fighters and the Deaf Community	Sack, Sara	The Life Span Institute at Parsons	U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Stepping Up: Sustainable Implementation of Innovations for Student Achievement (SIISA)	Smith, Sean	The Center for Research on Learning	U.S. Department of Education
Early Childhood Maltreatment and Treatment Outcomes	Jackson, Yolanda		Child Advocacy Service Center
Studying Community Programs to Reduce Childhood Obesity	Fawcett, Stephen	Center for Community Health and Development	National Institutes of Health
DHA Supplementation and Pregnancy Outcomes	Colombo, John	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
Development of a new approach to screening for language impairments	Rice, Mabel		Ellenson Integration Enterprises inc.
The CCS: A Treatment Outcome Measure for Individuals with Severe ID	Brady, Nancy	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institutes of Health
The effects of online decision making support for home visitors using an RTI approach to promoting the language development of at-risk infants and toddlers	Buzhardt, Jay	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Education
Developing a Research Consortium on Aggression and Drug Abuse	Bortolato, Marco		University of Kansas
Creating Healthy Places and Spaces to Promote Healthy Eating and Active Living Among Latinos in Kansas City, Kansas	Collie-Akers, Vicki	Center for Community Health and Development	Kansas Health Foundation
The Schoolwide Integrated Framework For Transformation Center (SWIFT)	Sailor, Wayne	The SWIFT (Schoolwide Integrated Framework for Transformation) Education Center	U.S. Department of Education
Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities	Mellard, Daryl, Mellard, Daryl	The Center for Research on Learning	U.S. Department of Education
Center on Online Learning and Students with Disabilities	Deshler, Donald, Deshler, Donald	The Center for Research on Learning	U.S. Department of Education
BSCD - Administrative Shell Yr. 5	Rice, Mabel		National Institutes of Health
Twins and Singletons with Specific Language Impairments	Rice, Mabel	Kansas Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center	National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Augmentative and Alternative Communication in the Schools: Leadership and Access (ACTS) - Kansas City	Wegner, Jane		U.S. Department of Education
Assessing Family Employment Awareness Training (FEAT)	Gross, Judith	Beach Center on Disability	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
ARC Centre of Excellence for Cognition and its Disorders	Rice, Mabel
Vermont MTSS Secondary Transition Academy	Erickson, Amy	The Center for Research on Learning	Vermont Agency of Education
Weight Loss and Maintenance for Individuals with IDD	Donnelly, Joseph		National Institutes of Health
Adaptation and Validation of a Nutrition Literacy Assessment Instrument	Harvey, Susan	The Center for Research on Learning	National Institutes of Health
Access to Success: Replication and Impact of a Training Program Supporting Post-Secondary Students in Requesting Disability Accommodations	Summers, Jean	Center for Community Health and Development	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
A Multi-Site Efficacy Trial of the Class-wide Function-related Intervention Teams "CW-FIT": A Research to Practice Agency for Students with and At Risk for EBD	Wills, Howard	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Education
A Randomized Trial of Recommendations for Exercise to Prevent Weight Regain	Donnelly, Joseph		National Institutes of Health
Identifying the Social Determinants of Disparities in Advance Care Planning between White and African-American Older Adults	Baker, Tamara		Borchard Foundation Center on Law & Aging
Sensory physiology in Phelan-McDermid Syndrome	Mosconi, Matthew	The Kansas Center for Autism Research and Training	The Phelan-McDermid Syndrome Foundation
A Mobile Web-Based Parenting Intervention to Strengthen Social-Emotional Development of Very Low Birth Weight Infants	Baggett, Kathleen	Juniper Gardens Children's Project	U.S. Department of Health & Human Services

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